From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 7 14:12:04 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 945601065670 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:12:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrewlylegould@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f224.google.com (mail-fx0-f224.google.com [209.85.220.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 245AF8FC15 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:12:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so1655320fxm.36 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:12:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=vjO9mea623Bq660f7s9Vbjc1E02bsIFh57dBI+3U7ro=; b=OCKL0cCUByZJD+sx3nYy1Qpx4c5bmSIMFffqaA2m2bxPjYS4lQNUMOJ9cciZQ38Ram XcG+zq8eHXyvRKr2KP6Oluv2CQTQinKyhn88c/3Pm/S6QtBrwUgs1Vgy9JLhBmA0O7rC ftX/YTwiTGyLYr152cZIWMwpvA6cHWpB2oJNc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SK4zvwJdSOp4/jyM0IZk/dcLBmENVP5ISjeV+nPgQIHJU/6Yx/IulKQjG7gD3c9CD6 jD2mLdDGfv3GLqaYbOPeAqOOYc2dsTRDUXCwu1PpacocyxDc4epP28IFEYhAlRRa1sp+ HfdM6rEPP1a+Tlvzja+JYW44G4x3tCCjIVNTA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.121.208 with SMTP id i16mr342882far.32.1249654323166; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:12:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090807142320.0dcae186@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20090807003338.GC83349@thought.org> <20090807142320.0dcae186@gumby.homeunix.com> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:12:03 -0500 Message-ID: From: Andrew Gould To: RW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE3 --> KDE4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:12:04 -0000 On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 8:23 AM, RW wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:33:38 -0700 > Gary Kline wrote: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0i'd be interested in Paul's question. =A0it may be that kd= e3 >> =A0 =A0 =A0 is sopping up waaaay to much disc space. =A0only have 6.5g >> =A0 =A0 =A0 left.... > > KDE4 makes =A0KDE3 look like Fluxbox. > > I can't remember =A0the exact figures on /usr, but I maintain my ccache > by timestamp, and it rose from 3.2GB to 7.9GB after adding KDE4. And > that 3.2GB figure included kde3 (including KOffice), xfce, fluxbox, > windowmaker, icewm and numerous gui and server applications. > > Is there an increase in usability/benefit to match the increase in resource consumption? (Please forgive me - I know that's a horribly subjective question.) Thanks, Andrew